Babysitting at Home

I'm trying to start taking care of a few children in my home. I am not
certified but I was a nanny for five years and worked at a day care for a
year before that. I also have babysat many children over the years and
taken child development classes. I have NO idea how to go about finding
clients. I messaged my local school's PTO with no response. I am
registered on sittercity.com and care.com. But people want me to come to
their home and not bring my child. I don't mind going to someone else's
home but I would need to bring my daughter. She is 10 months and day
care is not an option. We just need a little more income coming in each
week to get by without going into severe debt. I was wondering if anyone
else has done this and if so how did you find clients?

I'm trying to start taking care of a few children in my home. I am not
certified but I was a nanny for five years and worked at a day care for a
year before that. I also have babysat many children over the years and
taken child development classes. I have NO idea how to go about finding
clients. I messaged my local school's PTO with no response. I am
registered on sittercity.com and care.com. But people want me to come to
their home and not bring my child. I don't mind going to someone else's
home but I would need to bring my daughter. She is 10 months and day
care is not an option. We just need a little more income coming in each
week to get by without going into severe debt. I was wondering if anyone
else has done this and if so how did you find clients?

Start with your friends and family. On sitter city and care.com you should be able to specify that you must bring your infant with you or they can come to your home. I babysat our neighbors kids a few days a month when my dd was a few months old. They were older children and the mom had no problem with my dd being there as she slept most of the time. But I would suggest starting with family, friends, and neighbors. Maybe make a flyer you can hand out too.

Start with your friends and family. On sitter city and care.com you should be able to specify that you must bring your infant with you or they can come to your home. I babysat our neighbors kids a few days a month when my dd was a few months old. They were older children and the mom had no problem with my dd being there as she slept most of the time. But I would suggest starting with family, friends, and neighbors. Maybe make a flyer you can hand out too.

I was so excited about care.com but after 25 or so applications with no reply at all (not even a no thank you) I gave up. I used craigslist and that has worked out very well but of course use a bit more caution on that one :)

I was so excited about care.com but after 25 or so applications with no reply at all (not even a no thank you) I gave up. I used craigslist and that has worked out very well but of course use a bit more caution on that one :)

I was looking for a part time job too where I could bring my 6 month old. I must've applied to 100 different jobs between sittercity and care.com before I found my current job. Out of the 100+ jobs I applied to, I maybe heard back from 4 people. It's crazy competitive but you just have to keep trying. I currently watch a 9 month old in their home and I bring my daughter with me. It's worked out great so far, with a few hiccups here and there of course but most important my dd and I are together.

I was looking for a part time job too where I could bring my 6 month old. I must've applied to 100 different jobs between sittercity and care.com before I found my current job. Out of the 100+ jobs I applied to, I maybe heard back from 4 people. It's crazy competitive but you just have to keep trying. I currently watch a 9 month old in their home and I bring my daughter with me. It's worked out great so far, with a few hiccups here and there of course but most important my dd and I are together.

Have you tried to get certified? In some states it is easy. Also easy if you live on a military base. Once certified you will be on the Child Protective Services list and they hand that out to people. Also, you can get into some trouble being uncertified depending on the state an tax laws. That could be why the PTO did not respond to you. Put an ad in a local paper and tell people in your neighborhood. Make flyers too.

Have you tried to get certified? In some states it is easy. Also easy if you live on a military base. Once certified you will be on the Child Protective Services list and they hand that out to people. Also, you can get into some trouble being uncertified depending on the state an tax laws. That could be why the PTO did not respond to you. Put an ad in a local paper and tell people in your neighborhood. Make flyers too.

Hi I am in the process of doing this myself. I am have to get certified because I live on a military base so my number will be published, but since I will only be doing hourly care I need to advertise more. My logo will be something like giving moms a break one hour at a time or something like that.

I am making a magnet for my car. It is like $20 from vistaprint.comgetting cards and leaving them random places. another $20 from vistaprint.comflyers in the gym, supermarket, bank, etc. basically places moms want to be able to go to without their kids

Hope this helps and good luck

Hi I am in the process of doing this myself. I am have to get certified because I live on a military base so my number will be published, but since I will only be doing hourly care I need to advertise more. My logo will be something like giving moms a break one hour at a time or something like that.

I am making a magnet for my car. It is like $20 from vistaprint.comgetting cards and leaving them random places. another $20 from vistaprint.comflyers in the gym, supermarket, bank, etc. basically places moms want to be able to go to without their kids

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